View Single Post
  #13 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to rec.food.cooking
Steve Pope Steve Pope is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 8,635
Default Unit pricing come-ons

"jmcquown" wrote:

> I'm not paying $5 for a cantaloupe!


In Vancouver I recall seeing cantaloupes priced at about $70
Canadian each. They were square. That is to say, cube-shaped
with somewhat rounded edges; obviously grown into a box to
achieve this shape.

The target market was wealthy Asian transplants and tourists.

Steve